blech

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/blɛk//blɛx/

interjection

An imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.

“Blech! Look at all those maggots!”

Similar
fehpfaughpishpshawpoohplata
OriginYiddish בלעך →
UncommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

blech1

interjection

alternative bleck

  1. slangAn imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.

    Blech! Look at all those maggots!

    1 more example

    Speaking of showering: after my dad’s passing, I realized I was more vested in my puppy’s grooming than my own. […] On more than one occasion, I had to ask myself if I brushed my teeth that day. Blech.

    2023 November 14, Beth Romero, “Be a Weeble”, in Happy AF: Simple Strategies to Get Unstuck, Bounce Back, and Live Your Best Life, Berkeley, Calif.: She Writes Press, →ISBN, chapter 1 (The Art of Letting Go, Bouncing Back, and Being)

    Synonyms: feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh

verbblech (third-person singular simple present bleches, present participle bleching, simple past and past participle bleched)

present singular third person bleches · participle present bleching · participle past bleched · past bleched · alternative bleck

  1. slangTo have the vomiting reflex triggered.

blech2

nounblech (plural blechs)

plural blechs

  1. JudaismA metal sheet used to cover stovetop burners on Shabbat to allow food to be kept warm without violating the prohibition against cooking.

    Synonyms: plata

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionAn imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.

Similar
fehpfaughpishpshawpooh

nounA metal sheet used to cover stovetop burners on Shabbat to allow food to be kept warm without violating the prohibition against cooking.

Similar
plata
Also see
bahblahewfaughpfuiughych a fiyuck

Origin

blech · interjection, verb

Imitative.

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blech · noun

  1. Yiddishבלעך
  2. Englishblech

From Yiddish בלעך (blekh). Related to German Blech.

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Translations

Catalan ecs
  • ecsgagging sound of disgust
German kotz, würg
  • kotzgagging sound of disgust
  • würggagging sound of disgust
Greek μπλιάχ
  • μπλιάχ (bliách)gagging sound of disgust
Hebrew פְּלָטַת שַׁבָּת, פְּלָטָה
  • פְּלָטַת שַׁבָּת (p'latat shabat)metal sheet for keeping food warm on Shabbat
  • פְּלָטָה (p'lata)metal sheet for keeping food warm on Shabbat
Polish ble, fe
  • blegagging sound of disgust
  • fegagging sound of disgust
  • fugagging sound of disgust
  • fujgagging sound of disgust
  • pfugagging sound of disgust
  • pfujgagging sound of disgust
  • blechmetal sheet for keeping food warm on Shabbat
Russian тьфу
  • тьфу (tʹfu)gagging sound of disgust
Vietnamese ọe
  • ọegagging sound of disgust
Yiddish בלעך
  • בלעך (blekh)metal sheet for keeping food warm on Shabbat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with blech

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Anagrams

belchchleb
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APA

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“blech.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blech. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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